Genesis 38:1

And it fortuned at that tyme that Iudas went from his brethren and gatt him to a man called Hira of Odollam

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

In The King James Version

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

In Context

2and there he sawe the doughter of a man called Sua a Canaanyte. And he toke her ad went in vnto her.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:2And he sayde: Se lordes turne in I praye you in to youre servauntes house and tary all nyghte and wash youre fete and ryse vp early and go on youre wayes. And they sayde: nay but we will byde in the streates all nyghte.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 38:1

This chapter gives us an account of Judah and his family, and such an account it is that one would wonder that, of all Jacob's sons, our Lord should spring out of Judah, Heb. vii. 14 . If we were to form a character of him by this story, we should not say, "Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise," ch. xlix. 8 . But God will show that his choice is of grace and not of merit, and that Christ came into the world to save sinners, even the chief, and is not ashamed, upon their repentance, to be allied to… Read the whole commentary →

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